President Abraham Lincoln said in 1858, "I am not, nor ever
             have been, in favor of bringing about in anyway the social
             and political equality of the white and black races."
             President Lincoln is widely believed to be the fabled
             liberator of the slaves. However, Lincoln showed time and
             time again that he only cared about the fate of blacks as it
             served him and the interests of his administration.
             The major objective of President Lincoln's
             administration was to preserve and sustain the Union. The
             southern states' insurgence started as a result of disputes
             over states rights and representation in Congress; it was
             coincidence that most of the disputes in congress revolved
             around slavery. The Civil War actually had little to do
             During the Civil War President Lincoln wrote and
             delivered the Emancipation Proclamation. It is true that
             this document freed slaves, however, it did not free all of
             the slaves. It left the slaves of the boarder states in
             bondage. The Emancipation Proclamation order only the
             slaves released that were in areas still in rebellion.
             These two instances show that while Lincoln had no
             intention of changing relations between the races,
             circumstances dictated that he needed to change them to a
             certain extent. This supports the original statement made
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